to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
departure; leaving; setting off
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
senior high school; high school
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
mock exam; practice exam; practice test
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
serves you right!; see what happens!
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
one (thing); one piece; one item
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
manjū with a meat filling; steamed yeast bun with a meat filling
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite